Groceries, leaves and wood, Politics

Yesterday we drove into Lebanon to do just a bit of shopping for essentials. It was nice that the Wal-Mart wasn't very busy. Yay! The kids bought themselves a box of Naruto cards, so they're happy :-) Then we came home.

The kids raked up a couple more bags of leaves and dumped them on the garden ground. And hopefully they'll do that again today. Rain, DD, and I finished stacking the wood that was delivered on Wednesday. As near as we can tell, we paid for a cord, but in reality got about a cord and a half. The half was a bunch of 'rounds' that were too small to split. Those are okay too, we  use them when we're getting ready to go to bed in the evening and need something that's going to burn a little longer, so we throw a few of the round ones on :-)

Other than that, a pretty stress-free day. How was your day yesterday? How's  your day going so far today?

We noticed that the gas prices have dropped a bit. That makes sense, because now the summer driving is slowing down so the oil companies figure they won't be making as much anyway. Coincidence? I think not!

Saw on the news that Bush is trying to get the meaning of the Geneva Convention's rules on torture changed (actually, he wants the definition of torture changed), so that the people who tortured prisoners in Afghanistan, Iraq, Gitmo, and elsewhere can't be brought up on war crimes. He's saying they shouldn't be punished "just for doing their job". Yeah, right, just following orders! That's no longer acceptable!

Also, please do NOT watch the ABC version of 9-11 this weekend (The Path to 9/11). It's a bunch of propaganda. Basically, they're calling it a "docudrama", but trying to imply that it's a documentary that's more true than not. It was written and produced by right-wingers with an agenda! Unfortunately, from what I've read, they've purposely lied to make the republicans look good, and the democrats look bad because we're getting close to the November elections and they (repubs) are worried they're going to lose power. I, for one, as well as my wife, will NOT be watching it.